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Bikini-clad women on Australia’s Gold Coast set a new Guinness World Record for the largest bikini parade Sunday. Officials said 357 women participated in the parade, breaking the record of 331 set in the Cayman Islands last year.

If your childhood birthday party at McDonald’s is something so memorable that you still think of right now, then having your wedding at McDonald’s would be a dream come true! And your dream is about to become a reality coming January 1, 2011 when McDonald’s Hong Kong rolls out McDonald’s nuptial packages for couples!

The package includes a baked apple pie wedding cake, dress made out of party balloons, kiddie party favors for guests, and of course, catering by McDonald’s. Couples get to toast with soft drinks instead of alcohol.

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McDonald’s Balloon Dress

According to the South China Morning Post, McDonald’s Hong Kong director of corporate communications and relations Helen Cheung tells that the chain has been getting 10 calls a month from people who wanted to throw their wedding bash at McDonald’s joints — the idea came about when one couple who met and dated at McDonald’s held their wedding party at the Admiralty branch this year.

McDonald’s Apple Pie Cake

The nuptial packages, however, are only available in Admiralty, Mei Foo and Smithfield branches for the time being.

Zhang Ziyi, the Asian beauty and the star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha will take a new role, as travelogue host. Filmed in high definition, the Zhang Ziyi Travel Series features the 31-year-old Beijing native travelling to Oman and Inner Mongolia to experience the unique culture and heritage of the two locations.

The Zhang Ziyi Travel Series premieres on Nov 14 on National Geographic (Astro Channel 553).